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20 Friends said Audrey had a complete lack of ego and accepted and appreciated others as they were.(Para.7)

Meaning: Friends said Audrey didn’t have any sense of self-importance and she accepted and appreciated whatever others were like. Sentence structure NOTE

“as they are” (as 此处用作连接词)是一个固定结构，通常用在句尾，表示“照现在的情形；照现在的样子”，如果是单数事物则需用“as it is”。例如：

The wise person accepts things as they are.智者对一切事物随遇而安，处之泰 然。

I learned long ago to face life as it is,not as I wish it to be.我早就学会了要直视现实生活，而不是只想去过我所希望的生活。

21 For Audrey it was a paradise where she could hide from the world with her beloved family, work in her garden and take long walks in nature. (Para. 8)

Meaning: Home in Switzerland was a wonderful place to Audrey, where she could escape from the world to spend time together with her dear family, work in her garden and take long walks in nature.

Paradise: n. [C,U]a perfect place or situation 乐土；完美的境界；天堂

If it is perfect for the adults, it is paradise for the kids.如果对成人而言这是完美，对孩子而言这就是天堂。

22 In 1988, Audrey was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF designed to provide emergency food and healthcare to children suffering the destruction of war or other catastrophes.(Para. 9)

Meaning: In 1988 Audrey was selected as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, which was established to help children suffering from war or other disasters by providing them with food and healthcare.

23 In that role, her lifelong passion for helping those in need, found its greatest calling.(Para. 9)

Meaning: In that role, she found a perfect way to express her lifelong passion for helping those in need.

Note calling: n. a strong desire or feeling of duty to do a particular kind of work,

esp. work that helps other people(从事某种工作，尤其指帮助他人的)强烈冲动；使命感；天职

Some think teaching is a profession; but for me, it is a calling.有些人认为教书是一个职业，但对我来说，这是一个使命。

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24 She turned down three million dollars to pen her autobiography and instead accepted one dollar a year in the more conscientious role as diplomat for UNICEF.(Para. 10)

Meaning: She did not accept an offer of three million dollars to write the story of her life, but accepted the demanding role as a UNICEF ambassador for one dollar a year.

Turn sb. /sth. down: refuse an offer, request, or invitation 拒绝（建议、要求或邀请）

We politely turned down the invitation.我们有礼貌的拒绝了邀请。

conscientious: a. careful to do everything that it is your job or duty to do 勉励认真的，细心负责的

She was not only a successful doctor but also a fine mother and a conscientious daughter-in-law.她不仅是一位成功的医生，还是一位杰出的母亲、尽责的儿媳。

diplomat: n. [C] sb. who officially represents their government in a foreign country 外交官；外交家

This task takes the strategic skills of a general and the tact of a diplomat.执行这项任务需要有将军的韬略和外交官的机敏。

25 For seven months out of each her last five years, she and Robby left the peace and beauty in their cozy home to embark on outreach trips into some of the most difficult places on earth.(Para. 10)

Meaning : During the last five years of her life, she and Robby left their peaceful and beautiful home and spent seven years each year traveling to some of the most difficult places to provide help.

cozy : a. (BrE cozy) warm and comfortable, and making you feel relaxed 温暖舒适的；温馨的

The sitting rooms are neat and cozy, while the dining room is elegant and simple. 客厅整洁温馨，餐厅简单优雅。

embark: v. go onto a ship or a plane, or put or take sth. onto a ship or plane(使)上船/飞机；（使）装船/飞机

The young couple will embark for Dalian next week. 这对年轻夫妇下周乘船去大连。

embark on/upon sth. : start sth.,esp. sth. new, difficult, or exciting 开始，着手（尤指新的、有难度的或令人激动的事）

I have seen how she gathers courage to embark on a long journey all by herself. 我见过她是如何鼓起勇气独自开始一段远途旅行的。

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outreach: n. [U] the practice of providing help and advice to people in a community before they have to ask it(对社区居民的)主动提供服务

An outreach program was started by the local university to help children in the community perform better at school.当地的大学启动了一个面向社区的服务项目，旨在帮助社区里的孩子在学校表现更好。

26 … Audrey Hepburn traveled representing UNICEF, making over 50 emotionally draining and physically dangerous missions into bleak destinations to raise world awareness of wars and droughts. (Para. 10)

Meaning: As an ambassador of UNICEF, Audrey Hepburn accomplished more than 50 tasks that were not only emotionally demanding but also physically dangerous by going to harsh places to draw international attention about the bad conditions in countries that had suffered from wars and drought.

drought: n. [C,U] a long period of dry weather when there is not enough water for plants and animals to live 旱灾；干旱

Drought and economic recession accelerated the pace of the decline of the region. 干旱和经济衰退加速了这个地区衰落的步伐。

27 Having been a victim of war, she understood the blessing of being the beneficiary of food, clothing, and, most of all, hope. (Para. 10)

Meaning: Since she once suffered from the war herself, she understood how

important it was to be provided with food, clothing, and most important thing-hope.

beneficiary: n. [C] sb. who gets advantages from an action or change 受益者；受惠者

To Tom’s surprise, he was the only beneficiary of his uncle’s will.令汤姆吃惊的是，自己是叔叔遗嘱的唯一受益人。

28 Audrey felt it was wicked that billions of children were deprived of simple joys and drowned in overwhelming misery. (Para. 11)

Meaning: Audrey thought it was very bad that so many children were unable to have the necessary food and clothing that they should enjoy, but led a miserable life.

wicked: a. behaving in a way that is morally wrong邪恶的，缺德的

Ross not only had a wicked reputation, he even looked wicked.罗斯不仅名声恶劣，甚至看着就邪恶。

deprive : vt. (~sb. of sth.) prevent sb. from having sth., esp. sth. that they need or should have剥夺

Parents who deprive children of food are wicked, and their children may become

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malnourished.不让孩子吃饭的父母是恶毒的，他们的孩子可能会营养不良。

misery: n. [C,U]great suffering that it caused e.g. by being very poor or very sick痛苦；难受；苦难

Our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances.我们的欢乐或痛苦是由我们的性情来决定的，不是有我们所处的环境来决定的

29 She believed deeply in the ideology that all people share in the duty to care for those in need. (Para. 11) Meaning: She strongly believed that all people have the responsibility to help those in need.

★ideology: n.[C,U] a set of beliefs on which a political or economic system is based, or which strongly influence the way people behave(政治或经济上的)思想体系；(对人们行为有强烈影响的)观念

It was more accurate to describe his explanations as an ideology rather than a science.把他的解释描述为一种思想比说它是一门科学更准确。

★share in sth.: take part in sth., or have a part of sth. that other people also have 分享；分担；参与

Even though recently I shared in the care-giving duties, Mom had been doing it alone for more than a decade.尽管近来我也分担起照顾的责任，妈妈却已经独自做了十多年。

Audrey Hepburn was always ready to lead by example.(Para.11)

Meaning: At any time, Audrey Hepburn was ready to set a good example for others to follow.

★lead by example: show the people you are in charge of what you want them to do by doing it yourself以身作则

Good parents lead by example rather than only tell their children what to do.好的父母会以身作则，而不只是口头上 告诉孩子如何去做。 She said:\

Meaning: She believed that if someone does not treasure childhood, he will not truly get the meaning of life.

She saw UNICEF's work as an integral, sacred force in people's lives and said of UNICEF's results, \who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist.\

Meaning: She thought UNICEF's work played an important and necessary role in people's lives and commented on the work by saying that we all should believe in miracles.

Meaning beyond words: The sentence \not a realist\suggests that many people at that time disregarded the work of UNICEF by claiming that it was not realistic and didn't help much in fact. On the contrary, in the eyes of Audrey, realists should believe in their strength to create miracles, and UNICEF's achievement was a good example.

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